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White Paper Helps Schools Address Risks and Costs Associated with PCBs
NEEDHAM, Mass. -- A new, free white paper assists schools and municipalities with management of the challenges and costs that can result from the discovery of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their buildings.
The paper titled "What You Need to Know About Managing PCBs in Schools" details the nature of PCBs in buildings, required compliance issues, potential liabilities, and current risk management strategies for dealing with PCBs in school buildings.
"The current broad based regulatory focus on PCB-contaminated building products represents a significant liability for schools, municipalities, building owners, real estate developers, REITS, financing institutions, and contractors, "says John McCarthy, President and co-founder of EH&E, a Needham, Massachusetts-based environmental services firm.
"The scientific, engineering, and regulatory aspects of building-related PCBs are complex and development of safe, cost effective solutions requires a detailed understanding of their often subtle interrelationships. Attempting to address this issue with incomplete information can dramatically impact the cost of operations, renovation or demolition of a building. Costs can quickly rise to millions of dollars for a single school building. Administrators of schools and other municipal real estate must be aware of the regulatory requirements, implications for building operations, and strategies to effectively minimize their risk and remediation costs," he said.
This white paper describes a strategy to effectively identify potential risks avoid regulatory mishaps, address PCB-containing materials in a systematic manner and maintain a healthy school environment. It also provides guidance on how to assess the need for, and effectively estimate the costs of any remediation efforts, so that these costs can be appropriately managed and minimized in the project budget.
Download the white paper "What You Need to Know About Managing PCBs in Schools" at http://www.eheinc.com/pcb_mgmt_schools.htm.
Or, for more information contact EH&E directly on the web at: www.eheinc.com or by phone at 800-825-5343.
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